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Using PDF MetaData to rename PDFs in MAC OS X

I have a number of PDFs that I downloaded from JStor. They come with unhelpful numeric filenames, but often there is at least a title if not the author in the metadata. How do I batch rename a number ...
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How can you rename hundreds of PDF files with information found in the file?

I scan forms at work into PDF files and then use Nitro to make them searchable. I need to come up with a way to read the 1st 50 characters of the file which is always in the same place in the ...
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Automatic PDF renaming based on title

I have thousands of scientific PDFs that i need to rename, many do not have metadata. I would like to be able to create an automator action that could open a folder then open each PDF, copy the title ...